Inking device for printing-machines.



A. D. SABORSKY.

INKING DEVICE FOR PRINTING MACHINES APPLICATION FILED 05c. I3. I9I3I 1,282,466., Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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A. D. SABORSKY.

I-NKING DEVICE FOR PRlNTlNG MACHINES APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13, l9l3.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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A. D. SABORSKY.

mms DEVICE FOR PRINTING MACHINES APPLICATION HLED DEC. 13, 1913.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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ARTHUR D. SABCRSKY, or LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To

THE ADVANCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORA- TION OF MAINE.

' Application filed December 13, 1913.

To all whom z't may concern Be it known thatI, ARTHUR D. SABoRsKY, a subject of Austria, and resident of Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inking Devices for Printing Machines, of which I hereby declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an inking mechanism for a printing machine, particularly mechanism adapted to ink type or printing devices mounted on a drum orcylinder or other suitable support. n

One object of the invention is to provide mechanism for supplying ink to the ink distributing member.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for controlling the discharge or flow of the ink from the ink fountain, whereby any desired amount of ink can be supplied to the ink distributing memben,

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the parts or combination-of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an inking mechanism, embodying my invention, and part of a printing machine to which the inking mechanism may be applied. J

Fig.2 is a side elevationlooking at the I mechanism'from the other side and showing the manner of adjustably mounting the severalrolls; Fig.3 is a transverse section of the-rolls and fountain; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the inking mechanism; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the oscillating roll, Fig. 6 is a view partly in section showing the manner of mounting the fountain roll; Fig. 7 is an end view thereof; Fig. 8 is an elevation of the shifting rolls and the driving means I therefor.

In these views A is a printing cylinder, which is adapted to be rotated in any suit able manner, and B, B, are side frames attached at D, D, to the'frame C of a suitable printing press or machine.

In these frames B, B, the several rolls are mounted. E, E indicate a pair of rolls which are preferably formed of'steel and G, G, indicate a pair of rolls which may be formed from some suitable elastic composition.

INKING DEVICE FOR PRINTING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Serial No. 806,460.

These rolls E, E have-polished surfaces and engage the elastic composition rolls G, G, while the latter contact with the cylinder, being suitably spaced apart to distribute the ink evenly thereon. F, F, indicate gears, fixed to the rolls E,'E, respectively. The gears F F together with suitably mounted gears F, F, and F (which is fixed to the cylinder A) form a gear train by means of which the rolls E, E, are rotated.

The steel rolls are preferably of smaller diameter than the composition rolls, and therefore rotate several times to one rota tion of the composition rolls.

The steel roll E first receives the ink and applies it to the composition roll G. The roll G in turn applies the ink to the second steel roll E, which distributes it over the second composition roll G. Theproportions of these rolls relatively to each other can be determined by their action in use. The composition rolls are preferably mounted in adjustable bearings H, and H controlled by the eccentrics I, I, to exert the desired amount of pressure upon the cylinder and steel rolls. I

The steel rolls E, E, are, during operation of I the press, preferably reciprocated or moved longitudially of their axes for a purpose well known to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates. This movement may be elfected by means of rock arms J, J mounted upon a shaft K and a slotted arm K and crank K fixed to a shaft K the opposite ends of which have bearing in supports 70, 7a.' The shaft K is preferably provided with a worm wheel K meshing with a worm K which may be fixed to the shaft K of one of the reciprocating or driven rolls E, E. g

This constant shifting of the positlons of these steel rolls serves to distribute the ink more evenl over the surface of the composition rolls, G.

L indicates a fountain roll which may be formed of any suitable material, such as steel. The roll L is preferably rotated relatively slow by means of the worm L upon the shaft K and a worm wheel L upon the shaft L of the fountain roll.

The roll L receives ink in the form of a film distributed upon its polished surface by means of a blade M, which may be relatively thin and formed of steel. The blade M may be mouht'ed between the side' fi'ames B, B, upon'abar N which is detachabl'y secured in the cross bar N by screws N iSet screws N N arranged at regular intervals: in the "bar N may be rovided to 7 press upon the lower edge of the steel blade M, and adjust with thegreatest nicety the distance of its free edge from the surface of the "rc'iller L. As the blade M isr'el'atively thin, it will spring enough to permit oneportion of its free edge to be brought nearer the roll than another-so that'the thickness of the coati-ngor fihn distributed on the roll L can be regulated either along. the entire roll or part'orparts thereof. a a

o 0 indicates a device for conveying the ink from the fountain roll to. the first one of steel shifting rolls. Thedevice 0 preferably comprises a roll formed from a suitable composition.- The roll 0 is mounted to oscillate or swing freely between the fountain roll L and the adjacent shifting roll E.

I Thisis accomplished byfrnounting the oscil-lating-and conveying-roll 0 upon afram'e O which is pivoted at O? in the sideframes. Two camsOE, Otalter-nately engaging the .pinO upon theframe 0 give alternately forward and rejarwardmovement to the I roll. The ca-ms rotate with the shaft K and the duration of time in which the'roll ism'aking contact with the fountainjroll L and the ad:

- jacentshifting roll Ecan be adjusted byrotating' one of the camsion its axis, and secur- Hl'g it by meansof a set screw 0 Thus theoscillating roll 0 canbeinadeto contact-fora longerperiod of time with one roll than with the other as desired and asthe distributionof ink may require. v

The roll ff) is an idler and hence will revolve rapidlywhen'in contact with the steel roll E and more-slowly when. in contact with the fountain roll L, since its speed willcorrespond with the speed of the roll it makes contact with. I r a Oiindicates a spring, preferably of the coiled -type, having one end-connected to a cross bar O and itsjopposite endconnectedfat 0 to the support 0. The connection O jb (5bWGl1 the spring 0 and the support 0' is preferably arranged on that side of the pivot 0 remote from the bar 0 so that the spring, which is normally active, will tend; ;t-o -swing the support 0' about its pivot in one direction or the other Whenever the support is moved by the cams O 0*, to. bring the connection 0 -to one side of line cutting the axes of the pivot O -'-and bar 0 This construction and operation will be clearly understood from Fig. 3. As the spring 0 serves tofswing the.

support 0 laterally to cause engagement of theroll-Qwi-th either roll E orfL, gafter'the roll Lf-has been'disengaged from the other roll, E or L, the.- roll 0 will alwaysengage these roll-s yi'eldingly. The resilient pressure thus 'obtai'ned coihpels t-oiitaa the consprings flesh provided with a point or device-s, W-hichbearsupon orengages the adj ace'nt plate P, @pre-ferablyEatf or near its center of gravity, to maintain the plate against the adjacent end offthe roll L. -S S, indieatethunib screws which engage the springs S and; serve toaadjust't-he tension thereof against-the plates P.

The springs and gpl-ate's are pre-ferably inclosed in openings betweenthe side-frames and er ds ofthetransver's'ebar.

This method of'f -orming theinking foun;

tain prevents any leakage and drippingof ink and is very easy-to c1eansinee the plates and blade jean readily be taken ut, and; no grinding of, the curved surfaces isneeessary to make the joints tight. The deviee is therefore economical-to manufacture, and

mp s tiene Thefountain roll L is; also easily removed to be cleaned. The r-oll Lina-y beiprovidefd with a tapered self centeringbearing. which enters a tapered socket inthe sleeve 'W upon which the worm-wheel-ismounted. Apin'X enters one of thegroovejs-X in '6 the tapered bearing andfrotatesthe-rolh l P thumb serew-X isinserted-through thebea-ring W and franie'B -as -sl -iown;?ii1 Ei-g;. 6. This screw supplemented by the similar thumb screw X at the; other-end of the roll L retains theroll in gplac'e and permits-its removal for cleaning if-desired. is V Tothose skilled in the art, ;manyja1terations in construction and widely difiering embodiments and applications of -my ;invention will suggest themselves, withoutdeparting from, the spirit and scope-thereof. -M-y disclosures and the description iherein are purely illustrative n d are not-intended to be in any sense limiting. 1 I

Having described the invention what -I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti'sy o I 1. The combination with a frame and spaced fountainand distributing rolls rotatably mounted thereon, of a, conveyenroll intermediate of said fountain and distributin=g rolls,'anoscillablesupport for said conveyer rol1,- means fbroscillating-said support; to move said conveyor roll alternately inthe direction of saidfountainand distri utor rel-1s; a spring. eo'iiiiectedto said support and serving to swings laterally to 'a-lternately engage saidronveyer roll with said fountain and distrib'uter rolls and to hold the san'ie in resilient contact therewith.

"2. Iii an inking mechanism, the c'oi'nbinatioii'of an idler distributing r'oll arranged to ifiak'e contact-with printing cylinder, a driven i'oll arfahged to make Contact with said di'sti'ibutiiigioll; a fountain roll, a conveyer i'oll adapted alternatel to make sentact with said fountain roll and with said dri'i' eii roli, oppositely acting :cams arranged to move said coiiveyer roll into engagement with said fountain roll and said driven roll; a sprin "for Maintaining 's'aid conveyer ron in engagement with either "of said fountain or distributing rolls, and means for adjusting one of said cams.

tion with a distributing roll and azfountain roll, of a conveyer mu adapted to remove ink from said fountain roll and apply it to said distributing r611, cams opei'ati'ngi'n opdistributing roll mounted in said frame, an

ink conveyer member adapted to make contact alternately with said rolls, a pivoted support for said ink conveyer member, means for oscillating said support about its pivot, and a spring acting to press said ink conveyer member against either of said rolls when said support has been moved in one direction or the other by said oscillating means, said spring being connected to said frame.

5. In an inking mechanism, the combination with a frame, of a fountain roll and a shifting and distributing roll mounted in said frame, of an oscillatable support pivoted in said frame, a conveyer roll rotatably mounted therein, a shaft, cams upon said shaft adapted to engage and oscillate said pivoted support, and a spring engaging said support to hold said conveyer roll alternately in engagement with said fountain and distributing rolls.

6. In an inking mechanism, the combination of a fountain roll, a blade, a pair of end plates, said roll, blade and end plates cooperating to form the walls of a fountain, means for supporting one end of each plate, and a spring engaging each plate to hold its opposite end yieldingly against the adjacent end of said roll.

7. In an inking mechanism, the combination with a fountain roll forming one side of a fountain, and of an adjustable blade forming the other side of the fountain, a

3. In an inking mechanism, the coi'nbinasup ort for the blade, spaced adjusting means in said supper't, plates the ends of said roll, plates, and means for adjusting the tension of said springs.

8. In an inking mechanism, the combina tion of a roll arranged to form one side of an ink fOIlIIfttlh, supports for said roll, a transverse bar extending between said supports, an inclined blade forming the opposite side of the foui'itain, a support for said blade secured to said transverse bar, spaced adjusting devices in said bar-engaging said blade, plates cooperating with said r611 and blade to form the end walls of the fountain, springs for holding said plates in position, and means for adjusting said springs.

9. The combination of a distributing roll, a fountain roll, a swinga-bly;mounted rotatable member arranged to alte-rna tely'engage said distributing and fountain rol'ls, means tending to move said swingably mounted 'memb'er into engagement with either 'of said distributing and fountain rolls, and means for disengaging'said swingably mounted member from one of said rolls to permit said moving means to move it into engagement with the other of said rolls.

10. The combination of a distributing roll, a fountain roll, a swingably mounted rotatable member arranged to alternately engage said distributing and fountain rolls, a spring tending to move said swingably mounted member into engagement with either of said distributing and fountain rolls, and means for disengaging said swingably mounted member from one of said rolls to permit said spring to move it into engagement with the other of said rolls.

11. The combination with a frame, of a distributing roll, a fountain roll, a swingably mounted rotatable member arranged to alternately engage said rolls, means for swinging said member out of engagement with either of said rolls into engagement with the other of said rolls, and means connected to said frame and the swingable support for said rotatable member for yieldingly holding said member in engagement with one of said rolls.

12. The combination with a frame, of a distributing roll, a fountain roll, a swingably mounted rotatable member arranged to alternately engage said rolls, and means, in-

eluding a spring connected to said frame and the swingable support for said rotatable member for swinging said member out of engagement with either of said rolls into engagement with the other of said rolls.

13. The combination with a fountain roll and a distributing roll, of a swingable support carrying a member arranged to alternately engage said rolls, a spring connected with said support in correlation with its pivot to act on said support when the latter is swung in either direction about its pivot,

15. In an inking device, the combination of a roll,a blade engaging the roll, and plates engaging the opposite ends of said roll and blade and cooperating therewith to form a fountain, the free end of eachplate being curved inwardly to deflect the ink away from the adjacent end of the roll.

16. In mechanism of the class described,

the combination with a frame, a source of ink supply and an ink distributing element, of a support pivoted to said frame, and

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for carrying a member arranged to alternately engage with said source of ink supply and said ink distributing element, a spring connected at one end to said frame, a connection between the opposite end of the spring and said support and movable therewith, whereby the spring acts on said support whenever it is moved to either side of a line passing through the axes of the pivot for said support and the connection for the spring-with said frame to cause engagement of said member with said source of ink supply or said distributing element, and means for moving said support about its pivot in either direction.

' In testimony'whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 27 day of October, 1913.

ARTHUR D. SABORSKY.

In presence of- 1 WM. J. KLOTZBA H, WM. M. MONROE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 1,282,466.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 1,282,466, granted October 22, 1918, upon the application of Arthur D. Saborsk of Lakewood, Ohio, for an improvement in Inking Devices for Printing-Machines, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, lines 64, claim 7, strike out the Word of, second occurrence; same page and claim, line 65, before the article a insert the Word of; and line 68, before the Word plates insert the Words springs engaging said; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of November, A. D., 1918.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. Cl. 101350. 

